Freak Nasty - Da Dip

I remember driving around Atlanta in my Volvo bumping this cd-single all day and I think for a moment there I was happy.  These were the days when ATL hip-hop was still fresh and the city had far fewer hipsters from Kennesaw,  thus at that moment da’dip was king and all was well.  What happened?  What lead to the downfall of Atlanta bass tracks?  I honestly don’t know and at this point in my life it is hard to grasp on to the reality of anything in popular culture.  I discovered today that Freak Nasty actually broke into the billboard charts in 2007. The song “Do It Just Like a Rockstar” by Freak Nasty sold around 60,000 digital downloads in the crazy period before “Party Like a Rockstar” was released but was being played in the club 24/7.  Freak Nasty’s track was mislabeled on itunes and he cashed in and this is probably the best thing the shop boyz did in their short careers,  give back an O.G.  With so many rappers having flocked to “the Motown of the south” in the early 2000’s,  it’s easy to see how the character of the music became homogenized as the cities life followed suit.  When I lived in NYC I would play early Lil Jon as a rallying cry to represent ATL,  and people hated it,  five years later people are bumping Jeezy in l.e.s clothing boutique’s.  I know this is a positive thing but at the same time most of these new wave “atl hip-hop” artists of today don’t really represent shit.   That is the sign of our times to not represent anything as the status quo.   It’s easy to see how success can destroy quality in art and America eats its youth.